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The Spectrum of Mitochondrial Mutation Differs across Species

Mitochondrial DNA mutation rates have now been measured in several model organisms. The patterns of mutation are strikingly different among species and point to modulation of mutation-selection balance in the evolution of nucleotide composition.

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Autores principales: Montooth, Kristi L, Rand, David M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2525688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18752353
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060213
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spelling pubmed-25256882008-08-28 The Spectrum of Mitochondrial Mutation Differs across Species Montooth, Kristi L Rand, David M PLoS Biol Primer Mitochondrial DNA mutation rates have now been measured in several model organisms. The patterns of mutation are strikingly different among species and point to modulation of mutation-selection balance in the evolution of nucleotide composition. Public Library of Science 2008-08 2008-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2525688/ /pubmed/18752353 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060213 Text en © 2008 Montooth and Rand. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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title_short The Spectrum of Mitochondrial Mutation Differs across Species
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